{"id":53187,"date":"2017-04-02T14:38:59","date_gmt":"2017-04-02T14:38:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.mixedracestudies.org\/?p=53187"},"modified":"2017-04-03T02:12:18","modified_gmt":"2017-04-03T02:12:18","slug":"my-grandfather-would-have-shot-me-a-black-woman-discovers-her-familys-nazi-past","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mixedracestudies.org\/wp\/?p=53187","title":{"rendered":"My Grandfather Would Have Shot Me: A Black Woman Discovers Her Family’s Nazi Past"},"content":{"rendered":"

My Grandfather Would Have Shot Me: A Black Woman Discovers Her Family’s Nazi Past<\/strong><\/em><\/a><\/p>\n

The Experiment<\/a>
\n2016-04-05
\n240 pages
\nHardcover ISBN: 9781615192533
\nPaperback ISBN: 9781615193080<\/p>\n

Jennifer Teege<\/strong><\/a> and Nikola Sellmair<\/strong><\/a>
\nTranslated by Carolin Sommer<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

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At age 38, Jennifer Teege happened to pluck a library book from the shelf\u2014and discovered a horrifying fact: Her grandfather was Amon Goeth<\/a>, the vicious Nazi<\/a> commandant depicted in Schindler\u2019s List<\/em><\/a>. Reviled as the \u201cbutcher of P\u0142asz\u00f3w<\/a>,\u201d Goeth was executed in 1946. The more Teege learned about him, the more certain she became: If her grandfather had met her\u2014a black woman\u2014he would have killed her.<\/p>\n

Teege\u2019s discovery sends her into a severe depression\u2014and fills her with questions: Why did her birth mother withhold this chilling secret? How could her grandmother have loved a mass murderer? Can evil be inherited?<\/p>\n

Teege\u2019s story is cowritten by Nikola Sellmair, who also adds historical context and insight from Teege\u2019s family and friends, in an interwoven narrative. Ultimately, Teege\u2019s search for the truth leads her, step by step, to the possibility of her own liberation.<\/p>\n